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Financial Technology and Systems MSc

City St George's, University of London

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Course options

  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    City St George's, University of London

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Key informationThe MSc in Financial Technology and Systems will help you to develop technical and analytical skills that are needed to support the next generation open banking platform design, risk assessment, implementation, and commercialisation. This MSc is the only course whereby students are provided in-depth technical knowledge about the building blocks of fintech at a system level.Benefits of this courseThis programme is delivered in partnership with academics from Bayes Business School and gives a first-hand experience on using the Bloomberg Trading Terminals whereby student teams compete with an allocated capital to invest in crypto stocks.In addition the programme allows you to work closely with some of the fintech organisations such as the Lloyds Banking Group, Allica Bank, Thirdfort, EarthID, MoneyHop and many others to co-create an innovative fintech product that will be disruptive in the marketplace.There is an optional experience to work with one of the fintech players in the UK or elsewhere. Interested students will share their CV with the Corporate Relations and Employability Unit (CREU) who will liaise with the prospective fintech partner to identify the suitable candidate based on the skills / talent requirements of the organisation.Teaching and assessmentThe course will be taught across two terms with a final individual dissertation in term 3.There will be coursework, problem-based learning where students will be expected to collect data and validate through various techniques.There will be written essays where you will be expected to critically argue theoretical concepts learned in the lecture.There will be laboratory exercises where you will have the opportunity to get hands-on skills on cyber security tools and methodologies.The taught modules will be assessed through written unseen examination.There will be a group project which will run across both the terms for a duration of 20 weeks where you will build a new innovative product or enhance the features of an existing project.

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 27,560per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

City St George's, University of London

City St George's, University of London

  • University League Table

    53rd

  • Campus address

    City, St George's, University of London, The Admissions Office, Northampton Square, London, England, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom

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Enjoy studying in one of the world's top student cities. Campuses in central and south London also offer great access to top-tier companies and organisations.
Almost all degrees offer the chance of a work placement, a clinical placement, or the opportunity to study abroad. Many are also professionally accredited.
A welcoming and diverse community with student counselling, buddy schemes, Students' Union, active student societies, and an award-winning student centre.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Accounting & Finance

    10th out of 102 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 233
    155 66%

    19th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    83.0 83%

    15th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.42 85%

    6th

    37

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